Okay. I'm glad I read this apology before I read the actual edit. Yeah, don't do edits when you're angry.
Not because what you said wasn't valid--I've got yelled at before for purple prose, bad habit of mine--but the way you said it immediately made me want to defend my piece instead of change it. You seem like you know this, since you came back and apologized, but...I mean, just be careful. I recognized it wasn't my best piece, I told my friend it wasn't right before I posted it. I knew it was cliche and overly-dramatic, I wrote it a hour before the deadline and kept getting stuck! I knew it wasn't my best. But then for someone to call it "vile" and "catastrophic"? I was immediately turned off and, as I said before, kept finding myself defending my piece instead of looking for opportunities to improve it. When I edit, I try not to tell an author what their piece is, but what it could be.
Urgh, sorry for semi-ranting at you. You came back and apologized, which is awesome. Really! It takes big people to apologize, especially before someone tells them too. I definitely heard you about the confused sentences, and know I'm working on cutting down. So, just, like, ignore this if you want too. Yeah. And you know what's funny? I don't even like that parasite piece! I thought it was confusing, shitty, and cliche. Everything you thought this piece was! HA! HAHAHA! -is just angry at the world and this past week in general, excuse me-
Yes, I know the wording was going SEVERAL steps too far; however, I'm a lowly free LJ member and we can't edit our comments, so I had to apologize in another one. I really *am* sorry, and I know what you mean about telling people what a piece could be. Usually I try to approach pieces like this but I had a headache all day and wanted to get this done. It was all due to the mood that I was in, so I take the blame. Please, please don't let this discourage you from writing!
Not because what you said wasn't valid--I've got yelled at before for purple prose, bad habit of mine--but the way you said it immediately made me want to defend my piece instead of change it. You seem like you know this, since you came back and apologized, but...I mean, just be careful. I recognized it wasn't my best piece, I told my friend it wasn't right before I posted it. I knew it was cliche and overly-dramatic, I wrote it a hour before the deadline and kept getting stuck! I knew it wasn't my best. But then for someone to call it "vile" and "catastrophic"? I was immediately turned off and, as I said before, kept finding myself defending my piece instead of looking for opportunities to improve it. When I edit, I try not to tell an author what their piece is, but what it could be.
Urgh, sorry for semi-ranting at you. You came back and apologized, which is awesome. Really! It takes big people to apologize, especially before someone tells them too. I definitely heard you about the confused sentences, and know I'm working on cutting down. So, just, like, ignore this if you want too. Yeah. And you know what's funny? I don't even like that parasite piece! I thought it was confusing, shitty, and cliche. Everything you thought this piece was! HA! HAHAHA! -is just angry at the world and this past week in general, excuse me-
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Rock on, and cut the adjectives! ;)
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